David and Samuel

Eagle's Landing Sermons

“The eyes of the LORD are searching the whole earth, looking for those whose heart is fully committed to him…” — 2 Chronicles 16:9 God does improbable things through improbable people so His purposes are achieved. The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel?” — 1 Samuel 16:1a 1. It’s the natural response to pain and loss. 2. It serves a purpose. 3. It has its limits. “Weeping may remain/tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” — Psalm 30:5 Grieving has its purpose, but it also has its limits. We need to express our grief to God. We need to share our grief with others. “Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” — 1 Samuel 16:1b-2a And the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” — 1 Samuel 16:2b-3 “Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem.” — 1 Samuel 16:4a The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” — 1 Samuel 16:4b “And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.” — 1 Samuel 16:5 “Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.” — 1 Samuel 16:6 “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 “Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the LORD chosen this one.” — 1 Samuel 16:8 “Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the LORD chosen this one.” — 1 Samuel 16:9 “And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.” — 1 Samuel 16:10 “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” — 1 Samuel 16:11a And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” — 1 Samuel 16:11b “And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome.” — 1 Samuel 16:12a And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” — 1 Samuel 16:12b “Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward.” — 1 Samuel 16:13 “When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.” But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:6-7 1. You are Ordinary. 2. God does Extraordinary Things through Ordinary People. God’s not looking for a special somebody; he’s searching for those whose hearts are fully His. 3. God can do Extraordinary Things in Ordinary People in Unordinary Places.